Nov. 22--ROCHESTER -- A Rochester man repeatedly fought with police officers, vandalized the inside of a patrol car and tried to drown himself in a urinal Monday, borough police said.
Samuel D. Boyd, 23, of 450 Connecticut Ave., is charged with driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, making terroristic threats, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Rochester officer Cesar Chavez wrote in a criminal complaint that he found Boyd sleeping in his car in the middle of Oregon Avenue around 4:50 a.m. and eventually was able to wake him.
Boyd did not follow field sobriety test directions and refused to have his blood drawn at Heritage Valley Beaver hospital in Brighton Township.
Chavez wrote that Boyd tried to run away after being handcuffed and then started pushing and kicking officers who tried to search him. As he was doing this, Boyd was also threatening to kill Chavez, the officer wrote.
Boyd continued struggling with police, but he was put on the ground after more officers arrived. Police found 64 stamp bags of heroin, straws and about $230 in cash on Boyd, Chavez wrote.
While being taken to the police station, Boyd ripped off a window cage in the back of a Rochester patrol car, causing $750 in damage. A Monaca officer had to ride in the back of the car with Boyd, who continually threatened to kill Chavez, police said.
Even after he was at the station, Boyd refused to exit the car and kicked and pushed several officers. Once inside a cell, police said, Boyd tried to drown himself in a urinal, which forced an officer watch him.
Boyd was arraigned before Brighton District Judge Tim Finn and ordered held in the Beaver County Jail after failing to post $50,000 bond. According to online jail records, Boyd was still in custody Tuesday.
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